Joshua Bloch

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The freedom of Molly Crabapple's self-expression in both her paintings and her new memoir Drawing Blood has catalyzed writers like me to dare say we have a right to space on the page.<p>“Babies are cute so you don’t kill them” are words that hit me like ice water to the face. They are the words that …

Many people avoid getting a tattoo because its permanence can be daunting. Now, thanks to Momentary Ink, you can wear your desired design without the lifelong commitment. The Philadelphia-based startup creates custom temporary tattoos that look and feel like the real thing. Thanks to the company's …

Watching people play video games. Check.<br>Watching people play with apps. Check.<br>Watching people do earnings. Check.<br>Watching people draw things? Check. Now, anyways.<p>Today, a company called Sywork (shorthand for “Show Your Work”) launched its new live-streaming service for artists and illustrators. …

Designed by Bombas & Parr, Alcoholic Architecture is a tiki-style bar which gets you drunk without ever ordering a drink.<p>Most bars require you to actually order a drink to get drunk. Sam Bombas of Bombas & Parr thinks that’s just wasting time. The U.K. architecture firm has just unveiled a new bar …

Designer Masato Nakada’s experimental website, Type Snap, allows users to create words and sentences using only half of letters. The result is surprisingly legible.<p>Visit the website Type Snap and you’ll find the all of the letters in the alphabet laid out side-by-side, with each letter split …

In a very welcome move Disney announced that they plan to release the <i>Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki</i> as a set on BluRay, this being the same set that was released in Japan in June of last year.<p>Hayao Miyazaki is one of the world’s premier animators and directors, so this set is very much …